Chemomechanical coupling mechanism of F1-ATPase: Catalysis and torque generation

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
10871025	FEBS Letters	2013	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

âº A single-molecule technique was developed to measure ÎG of F1 during catalysis. âº This method was used to quantitatively evaluate the generation of rotary torque. âº Rotary torque amplitude correlated with chemical energy change against rotary angle.

Keywords

PMF TIRF F1-ATPase FoF1-ATP synthase FoF1 ΔG Chemomechanical coupling Change in free energy Catalysis inorganic phosphate proton motive force ATP hydrolysis total internal reflection fluorescence torque generation